Environment
A Keyboard for a Sunny Day
The “getting it green” doesn’t pass by Japanese companies. After the solar powered television from Sharp, the next item is of course the keyboard. Now you will be able to sit in your yard and play games with the keyboard and the TV – with no electricity needed at all. How about that?
The new keyboard [...]
Sharp Unveils the Solar Powered Television
Sharp Electronics has introduced a new LCD TV which is powered by solar panels. Sharp claims that the 26-inch screen consumes only a quarter of a energy compared with a similar size CRT.
The new LCD is actually a very low power consumption LCD screen, that is paired with a new thin solar panel [...]
Weird Summer Gadgets From Japan
It’s getting hot in Tokyo, and Japanese crazy gadgets are starting to appear in the shops, to help Japanese get a bit cooler.
USB Necktie
This is an improved model of last year necktie. In the necktie you can find a small fan that gets you fresh air while sitting in the office. It may look exciting, [...]
New Hybrid Helps You Listen To Your Wife While Driving
One of the great frustrations of men around the world is that they cannot hear their wife while they drive. Women have the great habit of giving you good advices on the road, and you always want to listen carefully to them. “You should have taken the right turn, honey”, “Why are you driving so [...]
"Frogs Crossing Ahead" - A Very Weird Road Sign
In Japan you can see many weird and bizarre signs in public spaces. This is one the most strange we have ever seen.
The sign can be seen near the town of Karuizawa, which is in the Nagano prefecture (much like a large district). It was set up there by a local volunteer group [...]
Tokyo Doesn’t Care For Earth
Japan is always considered a country with high recycling rate and pretty much worrying for the environment in general. That’s way a new survey held in Tokyo reveals some surprising positions towards global warming.
Four out of ten people in Tokyo, the highest rate in the survey, told that they “don’t want to sacrifice a [...]
Flying Fish Near Japan Shore
Well, up until now we only thought that some Japanese customs are weird. But it seems that the animals in the country are not so usual as well.
A TV crew has managed to capture the longest recorded flight of a flying fish. The animal flow at about 20mph (30km/hour) for about 45 seconds. It seems [...]
Tired Of Waiting For The Dryer? Try The Fast Dehydartor
Japanese people are love new technologies and gadgets. Even if the gadgets are a bit weird. Take the new laundry dehydrator for example, it looks weird but it’s pretty cool.
Most clothes dryers use heat to dry the clothes. The problem with such dryers is that they use lot of electricity, and sometime even ruin delicate [...]
Recycle Used Gadgets And Get Some Gold
After recycling used false teeth for gold, the new trend in Japan is “Urban Mining”- or getting precious metals out of used gadgets and electronic products.
The high rise in the price of precious metals, such as gold and silver, makes this new habit quite profitable. The gold can be sold to jewelers and the other [...]
Next On Your “To Recycle” List: Used Teeth
If you thought that recycling garbage, paper, plastics and electronics covers about everything - well, prepared to be surprised.
The Fukuoka municipal government in Japan decided to recycle used dentures (false teeth) . Around the city will be designated boxes where people can throw away their old dentures. If you think that with this new recycling [...]
